Braving the Master's spell
she surrenders her soul to the sea
relinquishing life on land
for the chance to seek
beneath the waves

Her heart is ever bound
to those who ride the surface
she weeps at their storm tossed fate
but she cannot aid them
nor approach while they yet live

Searching in the jade light
and dim shadows of the briny depths
she combs the sandy shoals
beneath the waves
till the lost is found

Tenderly she bears each body
swiftly through the depths
back to their home port
with a kiss on each pale face
she leaves them on the sand

Betsy A. Riley worked over 35 years at a National Laboratory before retiring to take a federal job in Maryland. Her non-fiction publications cover computer graphics, techniques for communicating new technology, and supercomputing. Her most recent publication is a poem in the premier issue of Empirical Magazine.

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